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Performance Characteristics of Anti–Collagen II Antibodies in Relapsing Polychondritis and Related Diseases: Prospective Analysis, Systematic Review, and Meta‐Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare disease defined by recurrent cartilaginous inflammation. Anti–collagen II (Col2) antibodies have been proposed as a diagnostic biomarker for RP, but their performance characteristics are not well defined.
Karyssa Stonick, Marcela A. Ferrada, Alice Fike, Kaitlin A. Quinn, Benjamin A. Turturice, Casey Stein, Peter C Grayson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index (FI‐Lab) for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical frailty index (FI).
Grace Burns, Samuel D. Searle, Alexandra Legge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A transcriptome-driven analysis of epithelial brushings and bronchial biopsies to define asthma phenotypes in U-BIOPRED [PDF]

, 2016
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Asthma is a heterogeneous disease driven by diverse immunologic and inflammatory mechanisms. We used transcriptomic profiling of airway tissues to help define asthma phenotypes. METHODS: The transcriptome from bronchial biopsies
Adcock, IM, Auffray, C, Baribaud, F, Chanez, P, Chung, KF, Corfield, J, Dahlen, B, Dahlen, SE, De Meulder, B, Djukanovic, R, Fleming, L, Fowler, S, Guo, Y, Hoda, U, Howarth, P, Krug, N, Kuo, CS, Lefaudeux, D, Loza, M, Pandis, I, Pavlidis, S, Rossios, C, Rowe, A, Sandström, T, Shaw, D, Sousa, A, Sterk, PJ, U-BIOPRED Project Team, Wilson, SJ   +28 more
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Ultrasmall Platinum Nanoparticles for Radiation‐Enhanced Cancer Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work proposes a nanomedicine‐based strategy to enhance X‐ray radiotherapy for cancer treatment. Ultrasmall Pt‐NPs exhibit catalase‐like activity that may contribute to modulation of the tumor microenvironment and amplify interactions between radiation and biological matter, leading to increased DNA damage.
Miguel Encinas‐Gimenez, Jose I. Garcia‐Peiro, Jose L. Hueso, Eduardo Caleiras, Laura Notario, Felipe Hornos, Pilar Martin‐Duque, Antonio De la Vieja, Jesus Santamaria   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lung inflammation by fungus, Bjerkandera adusta isolated from Asian sand dust (ASD) aerosol and enhancement of ovalbumin-induced lung eosinophilia by ASD and the fungus in mice. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundBjerkandera adusta (B. adusta) is one of the most important etiological fungi associated with chronic cough. However, precise details of the inflammatory response to exposure are not well understood yet. B.
Arashidani, Keiichi, He, Miao, Ichinose, Takamichi, Kobayashi, Fumihisa, Liu, Boying, Maki, Teruya, Nishikawa, Masataka, Shibamoto, Takayuki, Sun, Guifan, Takano, Hirohisa, Yoshida, Seiichi, Yoshida, Yasuhiro   +11 more
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Highly Conductive and Stretchable Photothermal CuSe Fiber for Wearable Electronics and Implantable Drug Release Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The conductive and stretchable photothermal CuSe fiber is fabricated for versatile biomedical applications. This CuSe fiber functions as a reliable wearable strain sensor and heater due to its high conductivity, stretchability and photothermal efficiency.
Kukro Yoon, Yukye Lee, Sang Ki Rhee, Hyeonjoo Park, Kyowon Kang, Mingyu Sang, Byeonggwan Kim, Jung Seung Lee, Jaehong Lee, Taeyoon Lee   +9 more
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An Edible H2O2 Biosensor for Gastrointestinal Metabolites and Peroxidase Enzyme Quantification

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
We present an edible biosensor for gastric fluid analysis that integrates a caffeic acid–horseradish peroxidase redox system into an edible electrolyte‐gated transistor. The device enables rapid, low‐volume detection of H2O2 and, with minimal modification, metabolites and enzyme activity in simulated gastrointestinal conditions.
Valerio Francesco Annese, Elena Feltri, Pietro Rossi, Valerio Galli, Cristiano Bortolotti, João Paulo Vita Damasceno, Ivan K. Ilic, Dario Natali, Alessandro Luzio, Adrica Kyndiah, Mario Caironi   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of condensed tannins on goats experimentally infected with Haemonchus contortus. [PDF]

, 2003
Although the use of tanniferous plants or condensed tannins as an alternative to anthelmintics to control gastrointestinal nematodes has been largely documented in sheep, studies remain scarce in goats.
C., GRISEZ, F., PREVOT, H., HOSTE, J.P., BERGEAUD, Ph., DORCHIES, V., PAOLINI   +5 more
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Coacervates Made of Elastin‐Like Polypeptides Fused with Melanocyte‐Stimulating Hormone and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein Enhance Skin Wound Healing in Spinal Cord‐Injured Mice

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Pressure skin wounds are frequent complications after spinal cord injury (SCI), with impaired healing due to vascular and immune deficits. Elastin‐like polypeptides (ELP) fused to α‐MSH (MSH‐ELP) or MCP‐1 (MCP‐ELP) are developed and tested on these wounds. The resulting nanoparticles are non‐toxic and bioactive, and they enhance macrophage recruitment,
Suneel Kumar, Dhruv Patel, Greeshma Manjunath, Shashank Madhavan, Ashley Mathew, Dnyaneshwari Rananavare, Jahnavi Shah, Francois Berthiaume   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interleukin 4, but not interleukin 5 or eosinophils, is required in a murine model of acute airway hyperreactivity. [PDF]

, 1996
Reversible airway hyperreactivity underlies the pathophysiology of asthma, yet the precise mediators of the response remain unclear. Human studies have correlated aberrant activation of T helper (Th) 2-like effector systems in the airways with disease. A
Corry, DB, Erle, DJ, Folkesson, HG, Locksley, RM, Matthay, MA, Warnock, ML, Wiener-Kronish, JP   +6 more
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